John Roloff

John Roloff is a visual artist with a background in science who works conceptually with site, process and natural systems, whose projects often take the form of large-scale environmental and gallery installations. His work engages poetic and site-specific relationships between material, concept and performance in the domains of geology, ecology, architecture, ceramics, industry and mining, metabolic systems and history. Current research includes public projects in Oakland, CA, Minneapolis, MN and the Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA as well as exhibitions for the Denver Art Museum and Habitats at the Presidio, San Francisco, CA.

Selected Exhibitions:

Adventures of the Fire, The 5th World Ceramic Biennale, Icheon, Korea, 2009